Imperial advocates that masks, Test & Trace and social distancing remain indefinitely. They mention no end date. They want to make this a new normal that lasts forever. This is typical out-of-touch behaviour from SAGE.
The UK's medicines regulator is being urged to restrict the AstraZeneca jab for younger people because of concerns about rare blood clots which could pose a greater risk for those below a certain age than Covid itself.
While go-slow BoJo talks about vaccine passports and keeping masks and social distancing in place for another year, this was the scene in Texas today. A packed stadium, no vaccine passport required, not a mask in sight.
Keir Starmer is yet to decide whether to support ministers over the introduction of Covid passports and was "really angry" that an interview he gave to the Telegraph last week was headlined on his criticism of the idea.
Not so much a presser as a depresser: Boris Johnson says we'll need to continue wearing masks for another year, refuses to confirm lifting travel ban on May 17th and says vaccine passports are on the way.
SAGE have released papers today claiming social distancing and masks must remain in place for another year to avoid another wave of deaths this summer at levels seen in January, despite the high vaccine take-up.
Offering free rapid tests to the entire population is a waste of money. It would make more sense to target resources at vulnerable people who have not yet had the virus or been vaccinated.
While the rules on travelling abroad have recently been made even tougher for Brits, thousands of tourists are arriving in the country every day. Hundreds of these are arriving on tourist visas issued by the Home Office.
The chart on the Government's coronavirus dashboard showing the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test is misleading – it understates the severity of the first wave and overstates the severity of the second.
Schools remain closed or are only offering a mix of remote and in-person learning in at least 90 countries, according to Unicef. This means that 800 million children across the world are still not fully back in classes.
